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It's Debate Week in Ohio, and we're kicking things off with our annual State Dinner on Sunday night with Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Amy Klobuchar, Tim Ryan, Tom Steyer and Andrew Yang!
Starting at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday night, you can watch online at https://go.ohiodems.org/live
If you're coming to the State Dinner on Sunday night, don't miss the pre-dinner happy hour hosted by Ohio Young Democrats, Ohio Young Black Democrats and College Democrats of Ohio -- click here for more details.
Then it's all eyes on Ohio for the fourth Democratic presidential primary debate on Tuesday night. Here's what Chairman David Pepper said about Westerville, the site of the debate, on WCMH's The Spectrum last weekend:
"This part of the state, not just the City of Columbus, but the suburbs in Franklin County, it's becoming real ground zero in terms of some of the shifts we are seeing in voting. You are seeing a huge shift of women voters in suburbs that are turning areas that were red, blue."
The Cleveland Plain Dealer also looked at how Westerville and Franklin County's suburban communities are trending blue:
In Westerville, the GOP outpolled Democrats, 56% to 42%, in the races for the U.S. House, U.S. Senate and president in 2012. With the Senate and House up for grabs in 2018, Democrats won the Westerville vote, 56% to 43%.
Dublin went from a 26-point Republican win in 2012 to a 4-point Democratic win in 2018. Upper Arlington went from 12 points in favor of the Republicans in 2012 to 11 points in favor of the Democrats in 2018. And in Worthington, the winning margin for Democrats swelled from 7 points in 2012 to 37 points in 2018.
Ahead of the debate, Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez will join Pepper, along with Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, state Rep. Allison Russo and state Rep. Beth Liston for a roundtable to talk about how important the issue of health care is for suburban voters.
Grassroots Democrats are fired up for the Tuesday night debate, and we're hosting debate watch parties across Ohio. Click here to find a debate watch party near you!
And we're closing out Debate Week next Saturday in Cleveland with a great event, co-hosted with our SEIU brothers and sisters and the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, to discuss voting rights with Stacey Abrams. Click here to RSVP now!
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